Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-yasha and company (but I wish I would).
However, I do own Kiken, Koishi, Gin, Aliz, Chaz and Mike that may show up
in this fic (I use them in most of my fanfics).
Symbols are: "talking", 'thoughts', ***new place or time***
Chapter 22 Demon found!
Inu-yasha's mother walked into the snow covered yard of her home. She had heavy bags in both of her hands. She had been in a market right after job. She would have been earlier at home to make food to her sons if he wouldn't have needed to be so late at work. It was already getting dark and the lights in the yard got on.
She sighed when she paused for a moment at half way to the house. They had one car, but her husband had it with him now somewhere in Tokyo. She wasn't overly happy of it 'cause he would come back just day before Christmas. It was every year same thing and more than ones her husband had been away from home whole Christmas.
She wiped her forehead and looked around at the snowy yard. How she waited for spring so that she could see how this garden actually looked like. Suddenly her eyes stuck on a snowman beside a snow covered apple tree.
She wondered on the snowman. Who might have done it? There was no way that Sesshomaru would have done it and Inu-yasha hasn't made any snowmen since he was thirteen.
She left her bags behind when walking toward the snowman. The snowman had a carrot as a nose and a potato was split in two to make eyes. The mouth was made of little stones and it had a blue hat on it. As hands were two little sticks and on the end of the sticks were gloves. Around the neck of the snowman was a red scarf that seemed to be the one she had made to Inu-yasha when he was young.
She didn't understand. Her Inu-yasha who grew up so fast and hanged out with some vague gangs back in Tokyo couldn't simply do any snowmen, right? Sesshomaru had always been a wicked person even when he was a child and something like to do Snowmen was hard to imagine from him.
She looked closer at the snowman and noticed that there was two different kind of hand prints on it. Most of the hand prints were made by hand with gloves but she also noticed something else. Someone had built the snowman with bare hands! It seemed that there was at least two who had been building this.
Wondering she turned around to retrieve her bags. When she walked toward the house again she glanced many time behind her at the snowman. Shaking her head she opened the main door of her house.
***in the kitchen***
"You mother is coming in" Kagome said quickly to Inu-yasha who just stuck some ramen into his mouth. She was sitting by the window and she had seen Inu-yasha's mother to stare at the snowman. However she said nothing of that to him.
"She is?" Inu-yasha asked his mouth full of ramen when he quickly stood up. He heard the key to turn in the lock when he quickly picked up all the stuff from the table so that his mother wouldn't see how unclean he was when making food.
Kagome stared at Inu-yasha for a moment. "I better go" she said silently and started to fade. "See you upstairs." Inu-yasha glanced up at the place where the ghost had just been floating a moment ago. She was gone and that was actually good 'cause his mother just came in with her heavy bags.
"Do you need help?" he asked coming out from the kitchen to grab one of the bags.
His mother who was still wondering on the snowman was even more surprised by Inu-yasha's helpful behaviour. She hadn't actually realised it earlier, but he had been acting a lot more helpful and nicer since they moved here.
Inu-yasha carried the bags on the table in the kitchen. He didn't know that his mother was wondering on his behaviour. She walked into the kitchen when she had gotten all of her outside gear off. "Who made that snowman?" she asked when taking stuff from the bags to put them to their places. "Neither one of you has done snowmen since." She straightened her bag trying to remember how long it had been. ".since you was thirteen." Then she put the stuff in her hands to their places.
Inu-yasha swallowed silently. "Sesshomaru have never done a snowman if I remember right" he said still avoiding to talk about the truth. The truth was that he had made it with Kagome just few hours ago.
"I can't recall any time either" she said taking more stuff from the bags. "But who did it?" She looked at Inu-yasha giving that mother-smile she always gave.
Inu-yasha looked out from the kitchen just when Jaken run to the kitchen. "I did it" he said like it was nothing. He stared at the dog that run to his mother.
She like always had bought something to Jaken and when the dog came beside her she looked for the stuff he bought to Jaken.
Sesshomaru came down seeing very proud Jaken to walk into the living room with a bone in his mouth. He sighed and shook his head. To see Jaken like that was a clear sign that Inu-yasha's mother had been in the market.
"You did the snowman?!" Inu-yasha's mother exclaimed. "With whom?" she asked right after making Inu-yasha very comfortable. He didn't know would it wise to say that he made it alone, but in any case he couldn't tell about the ghost. "I hope you used gloves when doing it. One of the builders didn't use gloves at all."
Inu-yasha swallowed just when Sesshomaru stepped into the kitchen. Sesshoamru noticed his brother's nervousness. He had seen earlier when Inu- yasha had been building the snowman with the ghost. Of course he couldn't see the ghost, thought, but he knew it was her there.
"His friends, Miroku and Sango where here few hours ago" he said looking into the bags and was very happy to find his favourite juice. "This girl, Sango, was strange when she used no gloves when making the snowman."
Inu-yasha stared at his brother with wide eyes. Sesshomaru had lied everything, but he didn't ignore the help he got and so he nodded to his mother his agreement. But still. He wondered why his brother had lied like that. He swallowed again. What if Sesshomaru had seen him out there building the snowman?!
Inu-yasha's mother was satisfied with the answer she got and so she left the kitchen. "I'll go and change some lighter clothes on me" she told the brothers and then went upstairs.
Inu-yasha looked after his mother a moment, but when she was out of his sight he turned to look at his brother. "Why.?" he asked Sesshoamru who found the rest of the ramen Inu-yasha had maid earlier.
Sesshomaru was silent when taking the last of the ramen into a deep plate. Then he turned to look at his shorter brother with narrowed eyes. "You owe me one" was all he said when taking the ramen and his juice with him when he left the kitchen.
Inu-yasha who was confused, stunned and surprised sat heavily on a chair by the table just when Kagome dared to come back into the kitchen. "Does he know?" he asked not turning to look at the ghost. He was staring out from the window just when it started snowing.
Kagome was silent and looked down. She still hadn't told Inu-yasha that Sesshomaru knew. And she still didn't want to tell. She also didn't want to lie and so she silently left the kitchen again leaving Inu-yasha with out any answer.
***second floor***
Inu-yasha's mother opened her closet to look for a light T-shirt that wouldn't be so warm in this hot house. It was funny how a big house like this could be so warm during the winter. After looking for a moment she found a white T-short with a picture of a rose. She changed her light blouse into the T-shirt.
Then she went to her and her husband's bed that was a big chaos. There were a lot of his clothes on the left side. You could find them from under the bed and from beside as well above. Her side wasn't so clean either but she didn't keep her dirty clothes everywhere.
She kneeled down to pick up his clothes and then she put them into s wooden box that they had in the bedroom right beside the door. She should was the clothes in few days. There was too much of them!
When she had done that she left the room. After closing the door she stretched and yawned. Her day at work had been hard. Usually now she would go down and relax before the TV, but this time she decided to relax another way.
She walked across the corridor of her floor to another room. Just when she opened the door she heard a strange noise. She looked in. There was dark and you couldn't see a thing. She put the lights on to see clearer, but she saw nothing. Nothing. That would have made the noise.
In the room were long bookcases all around the room. There were her and her husband's books. Under the window was a long desk and on it a candle.
She went to the desk and lid up the candle. Then she shut off the lights and took the candle from the table. Then she walked before the bookcases in the room to look for a book that she could read to relax.
Soon she found one and then returned to the desk. She sat down on a wooden chair that was by the desk. Taking a comfortable position she started to read the book in the comforting light of the small candle.
Time passed and she heard how someone got down from the upper floors. She also heard Jaken barking and she could guess that it was Koishi leaving for work. Sometime later she heard someone else to come down, but she didn't know was it Inu-yasha or Sesshomaru. It didn't matter thought.
She lifted her gaze from the book. She looked outside. It was snowing big snowflakes and in the yard was standing that snowman Inu-yasha had made with his friends. She sighed. She was happy that this place did good to her son and even Sesshomaru was a lot calmer person since they moved. This did good to them all.
She heard something moving right beside her. She straightened her back and looked around in the dark room. She saw nothing and there was enough light in the room so that she could see the dark bookcases. She narrowed her eyes and then carefully turned for the window again.
Her eyes widened suddenly when she stared at the window and saw trough it that the candle was moving on the desk. She stiffened and didn't turn her gaze away from the window. She could swear that she didn't only see it moving but also to be sweating.
She screamed suddenly when the candle suddenly had a fluffy tail. She fell of the chair and stared at the candle on the table with the fluffy tail. She held on her chest when trying to catch her breath and calm he heart down.
What was this?
POP!!
Like you wouldn't be surprised and scared enough the candle had to change its form into a orange haired kid with that fluffy tail.
When seeing the kid with the tail Inu-yasha's mother didn't fear so much anymore. She carefully stood up to look at the boy on her desk.
"Damn!" Shippo shrieked and smirked when she stared right at him. He was found! The Ghosty had told him that he shouldn't show up to the other people in the house. Well. He hadn't realised that Inu-yasha's mother would come to this room right when he was there looking for a good book.
"Who are you, boy?" she asked gently smiling even gentler.
Shippo swallowed. "Shippo" he said carefully fearing on the worst.
"Shippo" she repeated. "That's a cute name to a boy with tail like this." She smiled very widely and that made Shippo wonder. She didn't seem to be bad and she didn't seem to be bothered by his strange appearance.
Before he knew she had grabbed him into her arms and she was hugging the cute demon very tight. Shippo let her hug him and then stroke his tail. He felt comfortable in her arms. It was so much like his departed mother would be again holding him.
Small tears started to form into his eyes when he remembered her mother and family long dead.
***downstairs***
Inu-yasha opened the fridge to get something to drink. He heard his mother to come down and go to the living room, but he didn't pay any more attention to her. He found orange juice and took it. Next he went for a glass.
Koishi had left sometime ago and he hadn't seen Sesshomaru in a while. Jaken was maybe outside in the yard, thought the dog didn't really like of cold weather. Kagome was painting on the moment upstairs. He just came down for a drink.
He filled a high glass with the juice and then left the kitchen after returning the juice to fridge. He heard her mother to put TV on, but that wasn't the only sound he heard. He heard his mother talking with someone else who definitely wasn't Sesshomaru or his dad.
He walked to the doorway of living room. There he stopped when hearing giggling. Silently he continued forward in safe distance to see with whom his mother was. His eyes widened when seeing the irritating Shippo in his mother's arms.
Together the two of them stared at the TV with out noticing him. They talked about the program in the TV. "Shippo!" Inu-yasha roared almost dropping his glass.
His mom and Shippo quickly turned to look at him. Inu-yasha was red of anger and growling. Inu-yasha's mother got a bit worried when Shippo suddenly looked for cover behind her. "Inu-yasha!" she shout standing up. "Do not roar in my house!"
Inu-yasha backed a step. Why was his mom shouting like that? "But that brat." he tried to say but his mother stopped him.
"Shippo is a nice kid, Inu-yasha" she said with strict voice. "I have heard from him that you don't really like him. It doesn't matter 'cause he's welcome to live in this house."
"But mom." Inu-yasha tried, but from the way his mother turned for the TV again he knew there was nothing he could say. He sighed and turned to leave just when he saw Shippo to show his tongue to him. That made Inu-yasha boil. "You brat!!" he shout and attacked at him.
"Inu-yasha!!" his mother shout.
***fourth floor***
Inu-yasha held on his sore head when he got up. In other hand he still had the juice that somehow hadn't spilled. His mother had gotten very angry with him. Usually she was very calm, but now she took a deadly grip of his hair to stop him. Actually there wasn't any unpainful ways to stop Inu- yasha.
He saw trough the open door to the last room that Kagome was still painting. He decided that it was now time for him to be alone for a moment. He went to his office and took a chair beside the window. He sat down staring out at snowy world around them. To see the snow calmed him a bit.
He sighed and took some of the juice. He looked out again and was about to take a sip again when his eyes suddenly widened. He saw Sesshomaru in the yard with protesting Jaken. The dog really did hate cold, but that wasn't what surprised Inu-yasha.
Sesshomaru was walking in the yard to one direction and then to another holding a hot cup of coffee in his hand. He didn't know of his staring brother in the fourth floor when he made the yard look like there really had been Sango and Miroku with Inu-yasha making the snowman.
He stopped before the snowman sighing deep. Why was he doing this? He didn't know. He didn't know why he lied for his brother so. Was he getting soft? He looked up at the sky and let the snowflakes fall on his face.
Inu-yasha just stared at his brother. Sesshomaru had lied for him and now he was making it look like there would have been more than only him. What had gotten into his wicked brother?
A/N: Well. This chapter didn't have any exact meaning. I just kinda wanted to show before the Christmas that Sesshomaru too was changing. The next chapter is about Christmas and finding the way to free the ghost. There will also be more Sesshomaru stuff in the next chapter. His big role in this story is getting closer.
After Christmas the mysterious group of attackers comes more into the picture and Koishi gets himself into trouble. There might also come up more stuff about Aliz and Chaz's past. Oh well. We'll see. However I hope you joined this chapter.
Of course I can send an email when I have updated, but I need to know your address to do that. Put it into your review or send it to me privately.
Also. Check out the cover I have made for Tear of a Ghost!
I would have uploaded this chapter already before Christmas, but my 'rereader' (or what ever you call it) was busy and after Christmas I was busy too cause of my birthday. Now I'm 18.
Now there happened to come up another problem. My rerieder's computer broke so she isn't able to edit my chapter for a while.
Life is cruel..
Anyway. The next chapter is not yet finished but it's meant to be the Christmas chapter. A bit late you can think, but Christmas has an important part in this story ^_^
I won't promise anything when the next chapter would come up, but soon I hope.
That's for now I think.
See ya!
Symbols are: "talking", 'thoughts', ***new place or time***
Chapter 22 Demon found!
Inu-yasha's mother walked into the snow covered yard of her home. She had heavy bags in both of her hands. She had been in a market right after job. She would have been earlier at home to make food to her sons if he wouldn't have needed to be so late at work. It was already getting dark and the lights in the yard got on.
She sighed when she paused for a moment at half way to the house. They had one car, but her husband had it with him now somewhere in Tokyo. She wasn't overly happy of it 'cause he would come back just day before Christmas. It was every year same thing and more than ones her husband had been away from home whole Christmas.
She wiped her forehead and looked around at the snowy yard. How she waited for spring so that she could see how this garden actually looked like. Suddenly her eyes stuck on a snowman beside a snow covered apple tree.
She wondered on the snowman. Who might have done it? There was no way that Sesshomaru would have done it and Inu-yasha hasn't made any snowmen since he was thirteen.
She left her bags behind when walking toward the snowman. The snowman had a carrot as a nose and a potato was split in two to make eyes. The mouth was made of little stones and it had a blue hat on it. As hands were two little sticks and on the end of the sticks were gloves. Around the neck of the snowman was a red scarf that seemed to be the one she had made to Inu-yasha when he was young.
She didn't understand. Her Inu-yasha who grew up so fast and hanged out with some vague gangs back in Tokyo couldn't simply do any snowmen, right? Sesshomaru had always been a wicked person even when he was a child and something like to do Snowmen was hard to imagine from him.
She looked closer at the snowman and noticed that there was two different kind of hand prints on it. Most of the hand prints were made by hand with gloves but she also noticed something else. Someone had built the snowman with bare hands! It seemed that there was at least two who had been building this.
Wondering she turned around to retrieve her bags. When she walked toward the house again she glanced many time behind her at the snowman. Shaking her head she opened the main door of her house.
***in the kitchen***
"You mother is coming in" Kagome said quickly to Inu-yasha who just stuck some ramen into his mouth. She was sitting by the window and she had seen Inu-yasha's mother to stare at the snowman. However she said nothing of that to him.
"She is?" Inu-yasha asked his mouth full of ramen when he quickly stood up. He heard the key to turn in the lock when he quickly picked up all the stuff from the table so that his mother wouldn't see how unclean he was when making food.
Kagome stared at Inu-yasha for a moment. "I better go" she said silently and started to fade. "See you upstairs." Inu-yasha glanced up at the place where the ghost had just been floating a moment ago. She was gone and that was actually good 'cause his mother just came in with her heavy bags.
"Do you need help?" he asked coming out from the kitchen to grab one of the bags.
His mother who was still wondering on the snowman was even more surprised by Inu-yasha's helpful behaviour. She hadn't actually realised it earlier, but he had been acting a lot more helpful and nicer since they moved here.
Inu-yasha carried the bags on the table in the kitchen. He didn't know that his mother was wondering on his behaviour. She walked into the kitchen when she had gotten all of her outside gear off. "Who made that snowman?" she asked when taking stuff from the bags to put them to their places. "Neither one of you has done snowmen since." She straightened her bag trying to remember how long it had been. ".since you was thirteen." Then she put the stuff in her hands to their places.
Inu-yasha swallowed silently. "Sesshomaru have never done a snowman if I remember right" he said still avoiding to talk about the truth. The truth was that he had made it with Kagome just few hours ago.
"I can't recall any time either" she said taking more stuff from the bags. "But who did it?" She looked at Inu-yasha giving that mother-smile she always gave.
Inu-yasha looked out from the kitchen just when Jaken run to the kitchen. "I did it" he said like it was nothing. He stared at the dog that run to his mother.
She like always had bought something to Jaken and when the dog came beside her she looked for the stuff he bought to Jaken.
Sesshomaru came down seeing very proud Jaken to walk into the living room with a bone in his mouth. He sighed and shook his head. To see Jaken like that was a clear sign that Inu-yasha's mother had been in the market.
"You did the snowman?!" Inu-yasha's mother exclaimed. "With whom?" she asked right after making Inu-yasha very comfortable. He didn't know would it wise to say that he made it alone, but in any case he couldn't tell about the ghost. "I hope you used gloves when doing it. One of the builders didn't use gloves at all."
Inu-yasha swallowed just when Sesshomaru stepped into the kitchen. Sesshoamru noticed his brother's nervousness. He had seen earlier when Inu- yasha had been building the snowman with the ghost. Of course he couldn't see the ghost, thought, but he knew it was her there.
"His friends, Miroku and Sango where here few hours ago" he said looking into the bags and was very happy to find his favourite juice. "This girl, Sango, was strange when she used no gloves when making the snowman."
Inu-yasha stared at his brother with wide eyes. Sesshomaru had lied everything, but he didn't ignore the help he got and so he nodded to his mother his agreement. But still. He wondered why his brother had lied like that. He swallowed again. What if Sesshomaru had seen him out there building the snowman?!
Inu-yasha's mother was satisfied with the answer she got and so she left the kitchen. "I'll go and change some lighter clothes on me" she told the brothers and then went upstairs.
Inu-yasha looked after his mother a moment, but when she was out of his sight he turned to look at his brother. "Why.?" he asked Sesshoamru who found the rest of the ramen Inu-yasha had maid earlier.
Sesshomaru was silent when taking the last of the ramen into a deep plate. Then he turned to look at his shorter brother with narrowed eyes. "You owe me one" was all he said when taking the ramen and his juice with him when he left the kitchen.
Inu-yasha who was confused, stunned and surprised sat heavily on a chair by the table just when Kagome dared to come back into the kitchen. "Does he know?" he asked not turning to look at the ghost. He was staring out from the window just when it started snowing.
Kagome was silent and looked down. She still hadn't told Inu-yasha that Sesshomaru knew. And she still didn't want to tell. She also didn't want to lie and so she silently left the kitchen again leaving Inu-yasha with out any answer.
***second floor***
Inu-yasha's mother opened her closet to look for a light T-shirt that wouldn't be so warm in this hot house. It was funny how a big house like this could be so warm during the winter. After looking for a moment she found a white T-short with a picture of a rose. She changed her light blouse into the T-shirt.
Then she went to her and her husband's bed that was a big chaos. There were a lot of his clothes on the left side. You could find them from under the bed and from beside as well above. Her side wasn't so clean either but she didn't keep her dirty clothes everywhere.
She kneeled down to pick up his clothes and then she put them into s wooden box that they had in the bedroom right beside the door. She should was the clothes in few days. There was too much of them!
When she had done that she left the room. After closing the door she stretched and yawned. Her day at work had been hard. Usually now she would go down and relax before the TV, but this time she decided to relax another way.
She walked across the corridor of her floor to another room. Just when she opened the door she heard a strange noise. She looked in. There was dark and you couldn't see a thing. She put the lights on to see clearer, but she saw nothing. Nothing. That would have made the noise.
In the room were long bookcases all around the room. There were her and her husband's books. Under the window was a long desk and on it a candle.
She went to the desk and lid up the candle. Then she shut off the lights and took the candle from the table. Then she walked before the bookcases in the room to look for a book that she could read to relax.
Soon she found one and then returned to the desk. She sat down on a wooden chair that was by the desk. Taking a comfortable position she started to read the book in the comforting light of the small candle.
Time passed and she heard how someone got down from the upper floors. She also heard Jaken barking and she could guess that it was Koishi leaving for work. Sometime later she heard someone else to come down, but she didn't know was it Inu-yasha or Sesshomaru. It didn't matter thought.
She lifted her gaze from the book. She looked outside. It was snowing big snowflakes and in the yard was standing that snowman Inu-yasha had made with his friends. She sighed. She was happy that this place did good to her son and even Sesshomaru was a lot calmer person since they moved. This did good to them all.
She heard something moving right beside her. She straightened her back and looked around in the dark room. She saw nothing and there was enough light in the room so that she could see the dark bookcases. She narrowed her eyes and then carefully turned for the window again.
Her eyes widened suddenly when she stared at the window and saw trough it that the candle was moving on the desk. She stiffened and didn't turn her gaze away from the window. She could swear that she didn't only see it moving but also to be sweating.
She screamed suddenly when the candle suddenly had a fluffy tail. She fell of the chair and stared at the candle on the table with the fluffy tail. She held on her chest when trying to catch her breath and calm he heart down.
What was this?
POP!!
Like you wouldn't be surprised and scared enough the candle had to change its form into a orange haired kid with that fluffy tail.
When seeing the kid with the tail Inu-yasha's mother didn't fear so much anymore. She carefully stood up to look at the boy on her desk.
"Damn!" Shippo shrieked and smirked when she stared right at him. He was found! The Ghosty had told him that he shouldn't show up to the other people in the house. Well. He hadn't realised that Inu-yasha's mother would come to this room right when he was there looking for a good book.
"Who are you, boy?" she asked gently smiling even gentler.
Shippo swallowed. "Shippo" he said carefully fearing on the worst.
"Shippo" she repeated. "That's a cute name to a boy with tail like this." She smiled very widely and that made Shippo wonder. She didn't seem to be bad and she didn't seem to be bothered by his strange appearance.
Before he knew she had grabbed him into her arms and she was hugging the cute demon very tight. Shippo let her hug him and then stroke his tail. He felt comfortable in her arms. It was so much like his departed mother would be again holding him.
Small tears started to form into his eyes when he remembered her mother and family long dead.
***downstairs***
Inu-yasha opened the fridge to get something to drink. He heard his mother to come down and go to the living room, but he didn't pay any more attention to her. He found orange juice and took it. Next he went for a glass.
Koishi had left sometime ago and he hadn't seen Sesshomaru in a while. Jaken was maybe outside in the yard, thought the dog didn't really like of cold weather. Kagome was painting on the moment upstairs. He just came down for a drink.
He filled a high glass with the juice and then left the kitchen after returning the juice to fridge. He heard her mother to put TV on, but that wasn't the only sound he heard. He heard his mother talking with someone else who definitely wasn't Sesshomaru or his dad.
He walked to the doorway of living room. There he stopped when hearing giggling. Silently he continued forward in safe distance to see with whom his mother was. His eyes widened when seeing the irritating Shippo in his mother's arms.
Together the two of them stared at the TV with out noticing him. They talked about the program in the TV. "Shippo!" Inu-yasha roared almost dropping his glass.
His mom and Shippo quickly turned to look at him. Inu-yasha was red of anger and growling. Inu-yasha's mother got a bit worried when Shippo suddenly looked for cover behind her. "Inu-yasha!" she shout standing up. "Do not roar in my house!"
Inu-yasha backed a step. Why was his mom shouting like that? "But that brat." he tried to say but his mother stopped him.
"Shippo is a nice kid, Inu-yasha" she said with strict voice. "I have heard from him that you don't really like him. It doesn't matter 'cause he's welcome to live in this house."
"But mom." Inu-yasha tried, but from the way his mother turned for the TV again he knew there was nothing he could say. He sighed and turned to leave just when he saw Shippo to show his tongue to him. That made Inu-yasha boil. "You brat!!" he shout and attacked at him.
"Inu-yasha!!" his mother shout.
***fourth floor***
Inu-yasha held on his sore head when he got up. In other hand he still had the juice that somehow hadn't spilled. His mother had gotten very angry with him. Usually she was very calm, but now she took a deadly grip of his hair to stop him. Actually there wasn't any unpainful ways to stop Inu- yasha.
He saw trough the open door to the last room that Kagome was still painting. He decided that it was now time for him to be alone for a moment. He went to his office and took a chair beside the window. He sat down staring out at snowy world around them. To see the snow calmed him a bit.
He sighed and took some of the juice. He looked out again and was about to take a sip again when his eyes suddenly widened. He saw Sesshomaru in the yard with protesting Jaken. The dog really did hate cold, but that wasn't what surprised Inu-yasha.
Sesshomaru was walking in the yard to one direction and then to another holding a hot cup of coffee in his hand. He didn't know of his staring brother in the fourth floor when he made the yard look like there really had been Sango and Miroku with Inu-yasha making the snowman.
He stopped before the snowman sighing deep. Why was he doing this? He didn't know. He didn't know why he lied for his brother so. Was he getting soft? He looked up at the sky and let the snowflakes fall on his face.
Inu-yasha just stared at his brother. Sesshomaru had lied for him and now he was making it look like there would have been more than only him. What had gotten into his wicked brother?
A/N: Well. This chapter didn't have any exact meaning. I just kinda wanted to show before the Christmas that Sesshomaru too was changing. The next chapter is about Christmas and finding the way to free the ghost. There will also be more Sesshomaru stuff in the next chapter. His big role in this story is getting closer.
After Christmas the mysterious group of attackers comes more into the picture and Koishi gets himself into trouble. There might also come up more stuff about Aliz and Chaz's past. Oh well. We'll see. However I hope you joined this chapter.
Of course I can send an email when I have updated, but I need to know your address to do that. Put it into your review or send it to me privately.
Also. Check out the cover I have made for Tear of a Ghost!
I would have uploaded this chapter already before Christmas, but my 'rereader' (or what ever you call it) was busy and after Christmas I was busy too cause of my birthday. Now I'm 18.
Now there happened to come up another problem. My rerieder's computer broke so she isn't able to edit my chapter for a while.
Life is cruel..
Anyway. The next chapter is not yet finished but it's meant to be the Christmas chapter. A bit late you can think, but Christmas has an important part in this story ^_^
I won't promise anything when the next chapter would come up, but soon I hope.
That's for now I think.
See ya!